Peucephyllum

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Bahieae
Genus: Peucephyllum
A.Gray
Species:
P. schottii
Binomial name
Peucephyllum schottii
Synonyms[3]

Inyonia M.E. Jones

Peucephyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii. Its common names include pygmy cedar,[2][4] Schott's pygmy cedar,[1][5] desert fir,[6] and desert pine.[6] It is not a cedar, fir, or pine, but a member of the aster family, Asteraceae. It is a leafy evergreen shrub with glandular, resinous foliage. It flowers in yellow flower heads which have only disc florets. The fruits are woody, bristly seeds with a pappus. This plant is native to the deserts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States and Baja California and Sonora in northern Mexico.[7][3]

The species form is similar to that of the common creosote bush (Larrea tridentata): small, greenish, and hemispherical with similar yellow flowers in the spring.

References

  1. 1 2 Peucephyllum schottii. NatureServe. 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Peucephyllum schottii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 Cronquist, A; Holmgren, AH; Holmgren, NH; Reveal, JL; Holmgren, PK (1994). Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 5. New York Botanical Garden. pp. 102. ISBN 0-89327-375-9.
  4. ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. The Jepson Manual.
  5. ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. USDA PLANTS.
  6. 1 2 Peucephyllum schottii. Calflora.
  7. ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. Flora of North America.

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